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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1915)
) ' NEWS "Silion j.'hiiokmakkic CARL 1). HHOEMAKEB BAM J. SHOEMAKER Editors and Publishers. tHBVKH DAILY KXCK1T KUNDAV Subscription llateu Daily far fear, by niall 3.0u Per month, delivered 60 Heml-Wcekly. Per year 2.(lO till months Entered as socoud-cIjBS mutter November 6, 10O9,lat Hoseburg, Ore., under act of March 3, 1879. VltlDAV, HKITK-Vlirii a. ia.i. It:.. - UNJUST (KITIC1SM. When ,)ie inlllenlum comes, it Kill be possible, perhaps, for the people to elect officials who will lind favor for their official acts in the minds of all their constituents hut not until then. One of the most berated and crltlcicUed of all the men elected to positions of trust In the county is a commissioner, Vnd if lie does not curry favor with every applicant, he is me iarB.i " ii --- ,'oiionl through anonymous t - In a hostile press. The present com- TOlssloner from the south end of the, im.,i last fall I county, who was elected last ibii.i B. P. Nichols, Is no exception ano lie haB had Inueniloes flung at hlnv hieh are the purest fabrications. I which are me I fo.,n(,a. and have not the slightest fo.inda tlon in fact. Every official act or r'nniniiBSioner Nlcnois since filled tho office, Bhows that he roal- lzcd ho hnd been elected to serve the ! people of the whole county, and not a section; ho hns not been lor uie southern end of the county, because lie lived thoro, bb ngnlnst tho north- j .m nnr Una lie fnvnrpd the eastern part over the western. He lias boon for the best Interests of the people of every section as the occasion re quired. We are not nwnro whether Mr. Nichols Is paying any attentlr.n to the unjust criticisms, but wo do know that there hns been more nnd bcttPr work put on the lateral roads In Douglas county, under the admin istration of the present county court, than had beon accomplished In ninny previous years, and It has not been confined to tho south end of the county cither. This question of sec tionalism Ir one that has no occasion to be raised with tho prenmii c unlv court, for It la playing no favorites, tint In giving every part of the comi ty attention as fnst as the slfiii.llon will permit, and (hey vv".l minimi" BO to do wherever the best In'orost-' demand this nttnnllnn .r;i'sr weathkk. August has been moro than an average hot month, the mean maxi mum lonipornturo helm: Sli", th' mean minimum, . . -. nii'i l!:e on -in average 70.7 against auoniial for 38 years of is is 2. Tho lilulieit prco rogisti'i id at the lo'iil oT tho gtiV'Tiinu-nt. was 10, 2Slh, anil the lowest 50, Ml Tho highest over rocoriloil h KtalH'i In 104, ami 111" lowest I'.H. Or,.- fa.-! about tlie exlomli'.l hosloil SM:"M that has bet n rrinavlii if o-' ly I hundreds of people from th e v-.' -.lio have been hero ilmini; I Tu- month Wail the .-.t----.ee of t ' ,. I 'HllMitv r. common to hr iti-.i ilavs. a::i! tie1 aa falling delie'M'M ....!- tV ev enings In.turiai; n!uas a le'ievh ing night of s'.e p. In regard to precipitation, there lias been a d--ficlency for tlie month, there h ivi-i.; been but .n:t of an Inch record' .1 against a normal of ,:t:t Inch. Willi the ending of the month, a new pv ord perioil begins, and the state ment shows that tho ncciroulaled de flciency In precipitation t iu oiiuhoiit the past period amounts to 11 S 1 Inches, tho normal from Septeihor 1, 1!1H. being 34.43 InchoR. Iiur-1 Ing all of August there was but one day showing any Jraco of rain. ; There were 1(1 dnys clear, II partly cloudy and one dy cloudy. ! ATTKNTIOX MF3IUKII8. 1 J There will be a special called mooting of the Mental Culture Club,, nd tho Ijniles Auxiliary, at the! Commercial Club parlors on Satur day afternoon, September 4, at three , o'clock, to arrange for tho selection j of delegates to the Southern Ore-i Kan Federation which meets at Med-1 ford, September 22, 23 and 24. Tho entire membership Is urged to be present. Tlie Poor When railroad trains together clash Or leap the rails, or elsewise smash. Of this one fact you may be sure Most of the murdered folks were poor, They rode In some old shackly car Which any careful road should bar Some wooden trap, In days when steel Forms all safe cars, from roof to wheel. When boats go down, we see again The tolling poor folks women, men And little children out to take A low-priced outing on a lake These are the ones who meet their death While seeking one untrammeled breath. The boats officials should condemn Are sent to haul "the likes of them I" When houses burn or floods descend, The poor man and his poorer friend Who live in frullest tenement, Or low spots where there's lowest rent These are the ones whose names we read As victims of somebody's greed. "The poor ye have with you alway" How many have we killed to-day? Music Music Is noise that not only doesn't offend, but pleases. What's one man's noise is another man's music. Some peoplo enjoy grand opera, we ere informed. Others pretend to en Juy It because people whom they think are- smarter than themselves claim to. Nearly everybody encores an operatic selection on a mixed pro gramme so that the singer will re appear and sing "High Jinks," "You Wouldn't Believe We," or "Gene vieve." Many who attend grand opera D,cci' i'-i"iiy uu me pari comes mat lias the tune. In Martha they leave a call for "The Sowing and The Mow'nR." or "The Ultimate Blossom of tho "cated Season"; In Carmen, thpy wot fw the famoua bu' warbie. in Trovatore they squirm around, and endure everything for the sake of the "Miserere" and tho "Anvil Chorus," and in Faust they'll 8(and a ot o( imMy dn car full of the "Soldiers' Chorus." to iuiiiv uiiiiiui ueneves the majority of mankind will ever be come highbrow enough to like that puzzling classic kind better than they like plain hick stuff with some thing in it that they can whistle. Fliitiiglii I-'llosfify There nlver was anny bad weather tiiat wnsn t a complate surrprise f Iverybody. On Any .'nlf I "Tee-ers, Idle tec-ers! .inks Not To lie Gossiping, Hut Edd Minor of I'lketon makes his usual trips to the run to see his best girl. James Carter was calling on the Camp glrlB Saturday evening. ilium uiion. neioeri warno maae regular trips to W. II. Williams'. James Marker called on Marie Bayso one night Inst week. Clyde Sllcott and lady friend attended church at Elm Cirovo Sunday night. Waverly Watchman. Filiulgili pilosnfy Thero may be hnrrdcr wurrk than vlsitin', but I can't think av what ut could be! (iet Out Isn't about tho best wo cn ex pect, as nu outcome of tliii ".safety first" stuff, utter wrecUJltfsJneoii? Ash nr. Quick, Watson! When a Mexican band plays soft lnusie, do they call it peoll-issimo? (Jnit'jo. Im'vitiiMn Hi'M on'1.' M". thoimhts for company I.onl pity hi.; tlistn-s- ! "With 'Ittil lii.s tlumnhts for coin- panv," llu cliftl of l.iu.'Mm's. ('till! I'tn S . a'l f. r S-v m:v-dipper - - Mh.tuli, i in' foh cotton? 1 ii It o hiow?" lo' liimr, now! Yo' nil Tii' wah done he n were u Icetlo pal." wl t A hut r.i.iL "The ;:r." "The w;:h? catn't f'ol nil' m i lt wlu nst HP! r , T I lie loini't JLady - The young lady across the way ays that while of course she has her own opinion she keeps It to her self and makes it a point to be strict ly belligerent when talking about the var. Across Theiy M Health Talks BY WILLIAM BRADY, M.D. The Control THERE! Is some good scientific, ground for the belief that dia betes is not a specific disease in Itself, but a functional disturbance due to certain alterations of the in ternal secretions. Until very recently, the best treat ment for the diabetic Individual has been a diet containing quantities of carbohydrates determined by tests of the patient's tolerance for these foods. Certainly no drug or combina tion of drugs controls the glycosuria. And glycosuria is rather of minor Importance, as compared with aceto nuria, for the accumulation of acetone bodies in the blood is what produces serious or fatal coma. The way to remove acetone bodies from tho blood Is to remove fat from the diet. From fat comes the "acidosis" which 1b bo much feared in diabetes. Ur. John R. Williams has accom plished some remarkable things in the study of diabotes. He has shown that in practically all cases, no mat ter how chronic or what the patient's age, it is possible to clear up the glycosuria and place the patient is : good physical condition by giving the patient or his attendant lessons in chemistry. In other words, Williams finds that most diabetic patients can be taught the fuel value (caloric content) of all ordinary foods and instructed how to choose a menu which will furnish adequate food and yet not over-feed, that is to Bay, not produce acidosis and harmful results. It requires usually three or four days to free the urine from sugar, by means of faBts, Baltne cathartics and rest. After that, it is simply a case of teaching chemistry. As soon as the patient is well enough versed in selecting a diet of sufficient caloric value to meet his normal needs, the patient may go home and live in comfort. Vest Pocket Essays BY GnORGf! FITCH THE TRESHMAN "PHE I this i annual freshman crop of country 1b now about ready for picking. Like oranges and other tropical fruit, freshmen are picked when they are green. One hundred thousan I young men will enter the colleges of tho land this fall and very few of them will know enough to refrain from buying season tickets for chapel when requested to do so by polite sophomores. They will apply to the janitor for enrolment In his Greek classes and will try to buy bridles for Latin ponies and will perform many other quaint and amusing tricks. It Is pitiful to think that young men brought up in tender families should know so little. However it Is a waste of time to drop tears over the Ignor nnce of the freshman. In a yerhcwill be a sophomore, and then ho will know more than Aristotle did. Freshmen will come to college this fall from magnificent high school'? nnd will know so much that isn't re quired by the upper classmen that they will have to spend week3 in tho bathtub witli their cloth?s on, getting tlie superfluous intelligence soaked cut of them. Frei-hmen will a'so en ter from tho remote back caintic where tho rural mail delivery j:; a dieatn of tho future. They will wear peculiar pants and shoes which b'.ili--) in tho v :opg place; and tl ey will have iv aeli I'll.,: on their ch::1. i aed their coats will only lit in the init'o i lioles; i-.i-.d tiny v ill eo'.liile wita their own feci wlvii a ! !nv r younr: v.omni Afi:uif.-i ; jj! 1-u' n. n' Mi":iir:.T :i(!iii Theso p.w W rf::ti"i! , t-MiifciUs wii l nml throw a c:iUm uJ i.;ra:a id will !Idv. t!' tlli'T'l. V 1CWS Oi Na Hon a I T7 KXKST T.ISSU'ER. whoso K f nao-,. a in.. ' days wot'. '.'r for its form loin bile have seen the folly of letting patri cursing like a very drab. Ho is said t.i approve tho s-nslMo opinion of the lterlin V ' on Muff that his "poem" should not be Inserted In school text books or son.-; books, that hatred of Kiiglund shield not be taught In tho Herman n h - -is. which, by the way. hnvo long been used to magnify and disseminate the llohonzollern myth nnd cult, nnd, for the purposes of the Navy League, to Inculcate suspicion and fear ot llrltish sea power and Itrltlsh designs generally. Lissauer's apologia is manly and straightfor ward, and gives the reader a respect for his character that could hardly be felt for his talent, were that to bo Judged by tho passion, violent, not lasting, of the "llassgcsang." That, he says, was the "result of a moment of passionate inspiration and Impulse during tho first week of the war, when hatred of Great flrltaln. caused by her declaration of war, was powerful In his mind. The poetical temperament, super heated In a moment of patriotic ex ultation and agony. After all, Theonrnes, with his "full wish to drink the very blood" of his enemies, Swinburne, In his amusingly "furious and frantic" Italophlle and Republi can songs, outllssauered Llseauer. 8lnee no fires underlie the no longer treacherous ashes of the Civil War. these lines of Lowell's may be quoted to Illustrate the intolerant personal fury bred by war: Of Diabetes As Dr. Williams remarked, when describing this plan of controlling diabetes before a medical society meeting, no one has to die of dia betes. The secret is to find what each individual's tolerance is for the various kinds of food, by means of chemical urinalysis carried on day after day or even several times in the day, and then to teach the patient how to keep his menu within the limits thus prescribed. QUESTION'S AND ANSWERS The Lady Heard Prom The lady who wrote you last week about a case of rheumatism is still awaiting your reply, and announces a postcard unsigned. Answer We think a lady would never forget to sign what she writes. It must have been a woman. The Old Delusion D. B. typewrites this one. If coughs and colds are caused by in fection with germs and not by ex posure or low temperature, why are they more frequent in winter than in summerf " " Answer For the same reason that diphtheria and tuberculosis are more frequent in colder months of the year because then people live in doors, in over-heated, insufficiently ventilated rooms; and because the fear of outdoor air makes them cod dle their bodies, thus lowering re sistance to all sorts of respiratory disease. Stomach Wandered Away What is "prolapsed stomach"? Is it curablet Answer It is when your Btomach slips its moorings and wanders away for a little excursion along the ali mentary canal. Many victims never miss it. Yes, it is curable if the diagnosis is once assured. not bo Invited to parties nnd will lead neglected lives and will be com pelled to study all night for amuse ment. Instead of leading tho grand march In u pearl-finished vest which Bet father back $17, they will have to take tho valedictory and other hon ors for amusement and go to Con- They v'll opphj to the jaii'.tar for enrolment in his Greek elasscs rnsi ml !io Ronnto In onlrr to .-!no out tho memory of their sf i eolh'a days. And will tlie kld-finishod scions of nri-tnerncy scorn lliem then? NO, (V:ir friciuls. They will speak of theni lovingly a.i "My old collect rl::n." nnd will po to visit thorn in "WV.sInn.Lrlnn nnd will oven borrow lroiicv I'-om them, if the stock market has hacli-fired. This is a truly noMe spirit. Wo ihorM r.fvur louk with scorn upon r. e-ihinet minister or a hank prosi c" .t liecaus.1 ho was onco a scattor lontod freshman with rod wrists and a In.-to for Latin instead of for fox trots. 1 ress " Ha te ' ' I'll rntlior t-iVn piy rli.mre In utanit At jed i-mi . ru is Iht.. your nir;nn-t slave U, Than ( Mr liol.l ni a Immi Ki ilrii'iuir i-lJ as youiu, Jotl DavlB. As If the brave and accomplished Mr. Davis, the admirable Secretary of War. the honorable and pious gen tleman, were personally responsible for the war. No doubt Mr. Lowell, toasting his toes at Klmwood, twenty-five years afterward, felt a cer tain wonder at that old enmity. Tho loss of his gallant nephew In tho field, the flame of his hostility to slavery, his hopes and fears for the North, nro concentrated in that verse. An obscure poet of the South was pouring forth, earlier in the war, his bitterness about the Yankees: l-antfm-Jftw. nd lw. my bori. Long as Abe's from Illinois. How remote. Impossible, seem these old scorns and hatreds now. So to other generations of Germans and Englishmen may the present rancors look. If the centuries of warfare, rivalry, and Ill-feeling be tween France and England find them friends at last. If the English hal lucinatlon or monomania, Russopho bia, could be cured so quickly, why may Germany not fly some time Into the arms of the Yellow Peril, or Eng land and Germany unite against Russia? Nations either love or hate. All these personal and popular trans ports are ephemeral. Self-Interest, Imperious necessity, strength to be gained, dictate and shift their rela tions, alliances, and ententes. Time Is long and hate Is fleeting. .Veto 1'or rimes. Cartoons Of The Day "SEND THE WAGON" People's Legal Friend j BY E. R. Settled Out Of Court Q. Please tell me what is the rule of law in this state (Oregon) where two persons have gone to law about a matter and then settled it between themselves without the assistance of a lawyer. Van they do this and will the settlement hold goodt A. They may settle the controver sy without tho assistance of a lawyer on cither side, If they care to do so, provided tho matter has not gono too far. If a suit has been com menced and the litigants are repre sented in court by counsel, an ad justment of the claim, made outsido of court without the knowledge of tho attorney, will be looked upon with suspicion, nnd if fraud has entered Into the transaction the settlement may be set aside. A Good Conveyance Q. Where a denl con revs fnnrf in one state, but is acknowledged in an other slate, will it be a good con vcyancf A. Yes, If the acknowledgment Is made before the proper officer and the statutory requirements are ob served, livery state provides, by Its own laws, tho method of taking an acknowledgment to a deed which conveys property within such state, but Is acknowledged in a different state. . The Rights Of Ounnllnn-S 0- Kindly inform mc whether a guardUm has the right in ant cane to give his consent, or refuse to give it. to the ward's marriage. A. Tho rights nnd duties of guar dians, in such matters, are con trolled by statutory enactments in llie various states. In many states, guardians have the power to assent to a ward's marriage or to decliuo to do so. The aliddlo Xnmo 0. Legally, is a person's middle initial part of his namcf Haw if his given name is also abbreviated A. The middle Initial is not a part of tho name. The question is merely one of Identification, if it may he ascertained who the person is w no nas sirno.'l His name, his' sig nature, regardless of form, will be sufficient. Witness To A Will Q. Do the different stales have the same law as to the number of witnesses required for a u illt A. No. The Life Line ISy LaUKA KlKKMAN The Man Who Tells Us What He's Doing for Us It Isn't enough for him that we thank him afterward; he wants to bo thanked beforehand, as well. "I or dered a few roses for you while I was ordering some for my own table," he Informs us as he steps out of the florist's shop and Joins us. If he were sending us Ice-cream he would have some excuse for tell ing us about It; ho wouldn't want us to buy some for ourselves, unneces sarily. But roses! What excuse, other than the satisfaction of seeing our gratitude, has he In telling us about this? Nor have we any real delight to show him after the way he's conducted his giving! If, In stead, the flowers had come as a surprise. Just as we were sitting down to dinner, we'd have been gen uinely delighted perhaps even a little flattered at oar friend's thought of ns. But now! "He hasn't done It to give ns pleasure," we tell ourselves; "he's 'done it for the personal pleasure of hearing ns acknowledge his beneficence!" Be't cAeerfnj himself. Orr In Nashville Ttnncssteaa. BRANSON I .Vlicn You Do It, Smile Q. What fee is ordinarily charged by a lawyer for drawing a man' willf A. In the nature of the case, there can be no fixed fee. Somo wills are simple and some are complex. Some Involve, property rights of small Importance and some dispoco of a large estate. The execution e.i a man's will may be a very simpls matter or It may require Infinito care and painstaking investigation nnd research. If you have confidence In your lawyer, and feel that he knows how, you should cheerfully pay him any reasonable sum hn mr.y ask. If you have no confidence ill him, it would bo better to see sjne ono else. Current Poetry The Globe Trotter's Plaint I've been out West and seen the mountains; I've seen the cowboys too; I'vo sailed out through the Go!-ji Gate Into the ocean blue. I've been In many famous cities, I've looked into Indian huts; I've seen them growing pineapple, And loading cocoanuts. I've seen the Sphynx and Pyramids, I've soon tlie doscrt sands; I've watched I he natives come and to In many different lands. But when I try to describe them With words that ring and glow, A bored reply conies back: "I know I've seen that at the picture show. David Baxter in Munsey's Maga zine. Y;y Br W 7 If it were possible to crow hair oi a bald head, do yon suppose John L Kockcfeller would ho wearing a wig? Every once in a while one hears of n frank football coach who admits his team has a chance to win. Advice to women; If vou lovl your husband, do not scrutinize hl'j too closely while he is oattn Watching a man eat is the heaviei-i cross love lias to bear. It is all right to g-t up early I-. the morning, bin it is nothing in brag about. Men who amount ta anything do not have to get up ear:;. Do not become too optimistic ovc th recent destruction bv fire of a piano factory. Thro are so many pintio factories that one fl-o dc-3n t help much. If a man Insists on being well dressed, and well groomed, he must hold himself In readiness to refute the story that he wears a coroeu We have noticed that a poor lawyer often knows more than twen ty ways to beat a case. But a good lawyer seldom knows more than two or three, and Is satisfied with one. Unless the dog has killed some cf your sheep, yon do not, as a rule f-'n the party that Is being organl' to hunt It down. . " JJ' the home!. Inoffensive cor that races nmdW ?TV.hVt'e,t w1tn "I o tached to Its tall. If yon show a di Position to use your teeth, the pro, abilities are that no can wtfl erw S. tied to you. Stella Brubaker not only asks for a divorce from Ell Urubaker. bat In slsts on being given cow aiid a c.it There seems to he n n..... . thoroughly aroused. , Hiun V